Bluebird2 -
Thanks for your response. What is so irritating is that I KNOW all that when on the ground. But as soon as I am in the air I seem to develop a mental block which isn't helped by the fact that a) I now EXPECT this mental block to materialize come what may and b) my FI is getting distinctly exasperated.
Don't want to hijack this thread and shall start another one on How ethical is it to change flying schools if one isn't happy (for whatever reason).